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November 5, 2007
Schedule of ASHE / iHEA Events at the AEA Meetings in New Orleans
ASHE Board Meeting
Friday, January 4, 2008, 8:00 AM
Sheraton Southdown
ASHE/iHEA Reception
Friday, January 4, 6:00 PM
Sheraton Grand Chenier
Session 1
Friday, January 4, 2:30 PM
Topics in Health Economics
Presiding: Richard Arnould, University of Illinois
Mark Duggan, University of Maryland The Effect of Medicate Part D on Dual Eligibles: Evidence from California-s Medicaid Program
Amy Finkelstein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Effects of Universal Coverage: Evidence from the Introduction of Medicare
Douglas Staiger and Jonathan Skinner, Dartmouth College Diffusion and Productivity in Health Care
David Becker, University of Alabama-Birmingham, Kenneth Chay, University of California-Berkeley and Brown University, and Shailender Swaminathan, University of Alabama-Birmingham Mortality and the Baseball Hall of Fame: An Investigation into the Role of Status in Life Expectancy
Discussants: Michael Anderson, University of California-Berkeley; Carlos Dobkin, University of California-Santa Cruz; Justin McCrary, University of Michigan; Jay Bhattacharya, Stanford University
Session 2
Sunday, January 6, 2008, 8:00 AM [time corrected] Health Insurance and Incentives Presiding: Randall P. Ellis, Boston University
M. Kate Bundorf and Jonathan Levin, Stanford University Pricing Health Insurance: The Efficiency Implications of Heterogeneous Risks and Preferences
Geir Godager, Tor Iversen, University of Oslo, and Ching-To Albert Ma, Boston University Service Motives and Profit Incentives among Physicians
Randall P. Ellis, Boston University, and Willard G. Manning, University of Chicago Optimal Health Insurance for Prevention and Treatment
Discussants: Amy Finkelstein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Dana Goldman, Rand Corporation; W. David Bradford, Medical University of South Carolina
